...I gotta add and say again how much easier this journey is with the help, support and advice from the good folks on this site, and how grateful I am to have found this place. Every story, every piece of information, every pat on the back makes it that much easier.
Yeah, my pampering day kinda flopped, but that's why I get to try again today. And I finally decided to get something really nice and technically free. I'm signing a new, two-year contract with my cell phone provider (I've been with them for 10+ years anyway), which means that I get a new, free mobile phone! It's going to be my first QWERTY, so I'm pretty psyched.